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PATENTED MAY 5, 1908.

W. M. DILLON.

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APPLIUATION FILED JULY 1, 1907.

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WASHINGTON M. DILLON, OF STERLING, ILLINOIS.

FENCE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 5, 1908.

Application filed Jilly 1, 1907. Serial No. 381,659.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WASHINGTON M. DIL mm, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sterling, in the county of W'hiteside and State of Illinois, have invented certain new i are adapted to be constructed or made in the shop ready for attaclnnent to the posts in the fielc and comprises horizontally arranged strand wires and vertically arranged stay wires. These wires are arranged to cross each other at substantially right angles and are adapted to be secured together at the crossing by means of ties or binders, preferably formed from one or two coils or turns which encircle the other wires.

The object of the invention is to crimp or bend the strand and stay wires adjacent to the crossing with the ortions of the respective wires between saidfcrimps engaging with and lying at slight angles to each other, whereby expansion and contraction of the wires from climatic changes can be compensated for. The tie wire preferably engages with the crimps to prevent the lateral movement of one wire relatively to the other wire. By constructing the tie wire with a flattened inner surface it engages more closely with the fence wires proper and by causing it to encircle the crossing wires twice aiirm structure is sec-ured'an d the tie becomes substantially ellipticai to correspond with the position of the crossing wires owing to their divergence from the 1)E1I'Llll.'

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate the inventionz Figure 1 is a broken side elevation of a portion of a fence made in accordance with the invention; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view on line 22 of Fig. 1 Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail view looking in the direction of the arrow 4 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 5 is a perspective detail view of the tie when formed from two coils or turns.

Referring more particularly to the drawings; 1 indicates the strand or horizontal wires which may be of any size and-number and arranged at any suitable distance apart and 2 are the stay wires which cross the horizontal strand Wires at suitable distances from each other. The. strand wires are provided with bends or crinips 3 and the stay wires I l i i ticularly in Figs. 4 and 5.

with corresponding bends or crimps 4 at the points where they are arranged to cross each other. The portions 5 of the strand wires and the portions 6 of the stay wires between their respective crimps are arranged to lie adjacent to each other or in actual contact, but not'parallel to each other throughout their length. In addition to this the stay wires are preferably bent in two directions at the points 7 upon opposite sides of the strand wires whereby they are caused to resume their vertical position beyond their'bends 4 and also to be bent laterally substantially into the vertical planes of the strand wires,

as shown more clearly in Fig. 4, whereby the wires of the fence are placed in the same plane except at the crossing or intersection.

The ties S which-are adapted to be secured at each intersection or crossing of the wires, are preferably formed from wire-having its inner face flattened as shown at 9 whereby the largest possible bearing surface of the tie is secured with the least amount of material and the ends of the wire are preferably blunt as shown at 10. The diameter of the wire forming the tie is preferably such that when the tie has been formed the outer edges of the coils will engage with the shoulders 3 and 4 respectively, thereby preventing lateral movement of one wire relatively to the other. At the same time the lack of parallelism between the portions 5 and 6 of the respective wires requires that the tie shall assume a sub stantially elliptical form, as shown more par- This form of tie and the manner of forming it from two coils of wire causes the major axis at one end to stand at an angle to the major axis at the other end as shown by the dotted lines 11 and 12 in Fig. 4, on account of the slight twist or spiral that is necessary for the tie to assume in accommodating itself to the crossing or divergence of the portions 5 and 6 on the fence Wires.

By constructing a fence in the manner as above described, it is evident that it can be woven by suitable machinery in the factory.

at but a slight cost, and that it will be very strong and serviceable and permit of the expansion and contraction from the heat and cold to which it will be subjected when in use. In case of breakage or repair of the wires the ties can be readily removed and from specially rolled wire being substantially While the fence is being made.

. stay wires tially right in cross section, cut off at semi-cylindrical in position the proper length and wrapped or crim s in the strand and stay wires res ective y, can be formed before crossing t em or weaving of the fence, or, they can be formed simultaneously with the formation of the tie.

Having described my invention, I claim A woven wire fence comprising strand and crossing each, other at substanangles, said wires being bent at each side of each point of intersection with the portions between said bends arranged at an angle relatively to each other and the stay wires also bent in two directionsat a point The bends.

adjacent to each of said first mentioned bends, whereby the portions of the, stay wires between the strand wires stand in alinement and substantially in the same plane with the strand wires, and. a tie surrounding the wires at each point of intersection, said tie being wire, each being of elliptical form, the major axis of the elliptical 0011 at one end of the tie being at an angle to the major axis at the other end.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WASHINGTON M. DILLON Witnesses i J. F. SHAW, H. L. BREWER.

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